This Week in PAC Baseball

April 22-28

4/29/2024 3:00:00 PM

Week 10 PAC Honors (for games played April 22-28)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 10 of the 2024 season.
 
PAC Hitter of the Week
Drew Garth • Washington & Jefferson • Junior outfielder/designated hitter • Glenshaw, Pa./North Hills
Garth powered the Presidents to a 6-0 record last week, as the junior collected 10 hits, scored eight runs and added seven RBI as W&J earned conference sweeps over Westminster and Thiel as well as non-conference wins over Allegheny and Mount Union ... Garth hit .476, reached base at a .593 clip and slugged at a .905 pace ... Garth, who currently leads the PAC in home runs (eight), slugged a homer in a game two win Saturday versus Thiel as part of a 3-for-4, four-RBI effort and hit another in a 9-1 non-conference win at Mount Union on Sunday. 
PAC Hitter Honor Roll
Allegheny junior outfielder Tyson Bryant-Dawson (Oaklad, Calif./Marvel-Texas); Chatham sophomore catcher/second baseman Angelo Deleonardis (Saxonburg, Pa./Knoch); Franciscan junior third baseman Wade Stoehr (Lewisville, Ohio/Monroe Central); Geneva senior second baseman David Toruno (Menifee, Calif./Paloma Valley); Grove City junior outfielder Josh Minnich (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland Valley); Thiel senior 1B/3B/DH Nick Jacobs (New Castle, Pa./Union); Waynesburg sophomore outfielder/pitcher Gavin Pratt (Carmichaels, Pa./Carmichaels Area); Westminster senior second baseman Logan Murgenovich (Aliquippa, Pa./Central Valley)
   
PAC Pitcher of the Week
Caleb Graft • Geneva • Junior • East Liverpool, Ohio/Heartland Christian
Graft won both his starts this week against Saint Vincent and Bethany ... The highlight of the week was a complete-game shutout of Bethany on Saturday in which he struck out nine batters and scattered seven hits ...  For the week, he pitched 14 innings and gave up 14 hits and just two runs for a 1.29 ERA, while striking out 16 batters ... The performance moved his season record to 4-1 and his season ERA to 2.45.
PAC Pitcher Honor Roll
Allegheny junior Mark Schweickert (Richmond, Va./John Randolph Tucker); Chatham junior Carter Beneigh (Zelienople, Pa./Seneca Valley); Franciscan junior Jonathan Perez (Tucson, Ariz./Salpointe Catholic); Grove City junior David Leslie (Butler, Pa./Butler); Thiel senior Alec Katon (Ashtabula, Ohio/Edgewood); W&J junior Ethan Marszalek (Katy, Texas/Seven Lakes); Waynesburg sophomore Ethan Erhard (Greensburg, Pa./Hempfield)
 
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Brian Feldman • Washington & Jefferson • Freshman outfielder Gibsonia, Pa./Eden Christian Academy
Feldman put together a .533 batting average (8-for-15) ast week for the Presidents ... The freshman finished with four hits, including two doubles, to go along with five RBI and two runs scored Thursday in a 16-4 win over Allegheny ... Feldman then added three hits, three runs scored and four RBI during an 18-2 game one win over Thiel Saturday ... For the week, he totaled nine RBI, five runs scored and three doubles.
PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Allegheny freshman pitcher Dawson Thomas (Conneaut, Pa./Conneaut Area); Chatham freshman utility Brandon Bell (Monroeville, Pa./Gateway); Franciscan freshman outfielder Holden Armstrong (Nashville, Tenn./Homeschooled); Grove City freshman pitcher/infielder Sam Bevin (Louisville, Ky./Wake County)
 
PAC Records & Milestones
Allegheny junior Tyson Bryant-Dawson had seven RBIs in the game-two win over Saint Vincent, tying for the second-most RBIs in a game in team history ... Chatham junior Carter Beneigh's complete-game 2-0 shutout win over Westminster was record setting on several fronts ... It was just the second CG shutout in program history and his 11 Ks in the win set a new single-game record ... In addition, he became the first Chatham pitcher to reach 50 innings pitched in a season and it was his fifth victory of the year to tie the program's single-season record ... Chatham sophomore Angelo Deleonardis now holds the program record for stolen bases in a season (23) ... Grove City's sweep over Franciscan Saturday gave ninth-year head coach Matt Royer his 200th win with the program ... Waynesburg matched its single-season program record for wins (23) with a doubleheader split against Juniata.